Measurement properties of the sedentary behavior strategy self-management instrument in African-American breast cancer survivors

Am J Health Behav. 2015 Mar;39(2):175-82. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.39.2.3.

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the validity and reliability of a modified Sedentary Behavior Strategy Self-Management Scale (SBSMS) in a sample of breast cancer survivors.

Methods: A total of 291 African-American (AA) breast cancer survivors completed the SBSMS, which was subjected to tests of reliability, structural validity, and tests of measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I).

Results: A revised measurement model fit the data and demonstrated internal reliability and structural validity. Tests for ME/I revealed that the revised model had appropriate levels of invariance among weight status, educational, and years out from diagnosis groups, but not among age groups.

Conclusion: The reliability and structural validity of the instrument was supported overall; however, revisions may be needed to support its validity in older AA breast cancer survivors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Black or African American / ethnology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / ethnology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychometrics / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sedentary Behavior / ethnology*
  • Self Care*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
  • Survivors / psychology